Question: What’s your prescribed low glycemic race day breakfast for events lasting less than an hour? I have to be careful about my blood sugar and what I eat.

Alicia Shay: Racing in the morning soon after you wake up presents a challenge because your body is dehydrated and very low on readily available fuel resources. But there isn’t much time for you to correct this before start the race and you also don’t want to spike your blood sugar by eating something extremely high glycemic.

To combat this problem, ideally you want to drink at least 16-20 ounces of water (to aid digestion) and take in as many calories as soon as possible without spiking your blood sugar too much.